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The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-11-11

Lieut.. A. G. Casa OF Simsbury,
Conn, An officer III the Sixteenth
Connecticut during the war, has re.
ceived b letter from capt. James al.
Marrow of Clarksgille, VA, accompa.
nying the return OF the sword carried
by Lieut.. Case IN the service. 1t was
captured at Plymouth. IN. c. April 20.
1864, Capt. Marrow writes:
lam a true American, and have no
desire to retain any relic IS i triumph
Of Americans over Americans. ! am
ulad to know that you are yet among
the living, and / heartily join you, ia
the desire to grasp my hand and unite
with you in the prayer for peace
trusting that you may ever be hap
by III this lite, and @hen ~ cross
over the river and rest under tbs
shade Of the trees ia the Lord king
dom that we may know each other
and enjoy peace and life eternal
Should you ever come To this section
/ would be glad TO entertain you.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-11-11
Training Of Mnraaa.

The training Of horses is a very inn
portant part OF farm work. An ex-
~perienced Southern farmer describes
his method with horses as follows.
"a horse should be made familiar
with every duty he is expected TO per-
form. There isuo easier way to do this
than to harmonic your action by
word and speech Of c~onfding ma
ture. 1t is surprising how quick they
will become familiar with what is re-
quired OF them, and readily obey with
an act of appreciation that seemingly
would only be prssible from man
himself When horses become familiar
withthe voice of their owner or mas
Ter, coupled with the call OF their own
] names given them. and which thew
will readily learn to answer to, there
is but little use OF Unnecessary trouble
TO get them to do as you wish.
/ hitched a strong pair OF young
geldings to the mower that had done
but little work at anything, and after
surprising to ses how soon they obey
ed my voice.
1.-Two years ago, just during our
hay harvest, / met with an accident
that made both my hands and wrists
useless for a time, so much 30 that /
couldn't hold up the weight OF q line;
but as 1 had a span OF ares broken
well to go by word, I would have the
lines fastened to the seat ofthe mower
and 60 round after round without the
use of lines at ALL"
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-11-11

farm Notes.

Ha#H2 lNNMHTM
The Naw Enaland Earnnar nhaaruaa
that at the recent meeting of the Min
nesota State Dairyman's Association
q statement was made by 8 Chicago
butter dealer that Of the butter re-
ceived in Chicago seventeen per cent.
would class as fine, forty-three per
cent. medium and forty per cent. poor.
For picking pork a good brine is
made as follows: z pounds of salt, 2
pounds brown sugar, and 4 ounces
saltpetrc are dissolved in as much
boiling water as will take them all up,
and when cold the solution IS skim
med and strained; the meat is rubbed
with salt and laid to drain on a slcr-
ing bench for "a hours, then rubbed
with dry salt and packed in the bar
rel; the pickle is poured over the meat,
which Is quite covered with it.
The number Of sheep in the world is
estimated as follows. according TO
the latest statistics: South America,
loo, 600, 900; Australasia, including
New Zealand, 77,000, 900; Europe,
212, 900, 900; Africa, $4,000, 900;
ASIA, so, 100000; United States 49,
900, 900; Canada. 1000, ooae;; all i otthft-
er countries, 5000, 900. Total, 517,-
oO0, 600. In the United States the
average yield Of wool is about six
pounds per head.
Many Western farmers we're slow
to comprehend the value of manure
upon their farms, relying upon the in
exhaustible fertility OF the soil, but
gradually they are learning the
lesson all must learn sooner or
later, A recent writer says that no
one a now doubt that fertilizers are
as necessary to land in the West as in
other portions of the world, therefore
it is safe to predict that in the near
future all the n made on the
farm will not only be utilized, but will
be considered the most valuable ofall
farm products, as it undoubtedly is.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-11-11
rood FOR children.


Ordinarily. a weaned child, oneyear
old. requires for its breakfast about
hall d pint Of milk and 4 tea saucer
half full 81 mush. Some children will
need more than this, in which case
may be given q small piece OF bread
and butter and half OF 4 well baked
apple. if fruit agrees with the child.
For thenoonday meal a small potato,
or it's equivalent ia mush or bread and
milk and fruit. The same amount,
or less, for supper. AN fruits in their
season are allowed children after they
are one year old, If they agree. No
sweetness OF any kind should be given.
This same kind Of fare should be con.
tinued with little change until the
child is ten or twelve years OF age,
about which time the bony structure
hardens- The less meat children un.
der ten lat the better -Demorest's
Monthly.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-11-11
Rarns for Winter use.

2 -
IL rs now a 5edSou6bi5 time TO pre-
pare the barns for Winter use. House
wives go through a regular annual
housekeeping, and in this respect are
an example to the husbandmen who
suffer their barns to become buried in
filth in which vermin gather and har-
Dor iii myriads. IC is barns so buried
in filth that swarm with rats, mice,
weevils, and other pests which destroy
q large part of the crops, and in which
disease Turks. and when favorable OPP
portunities are presented seize upon
the live stock lodgedin them. A general
cleaning up should now be made before
the Winter occupation. Wlitewash
with 2 per cent. Of carbolic acid in it,
should be literally applied in the sta
bles, and especially in the g~ranaries
where the grain moths and weevils
harbor. Cobwebs, which harbor lice
and fAiiess sAsglla be swent damn, al
repairs made, stout hinges and fasten-
ings fixed to the doors, and broken
windows repaired. In short, a general
overhauling of buildings, furniture,
tools, and machinery should be made
and everything put in the very best
order.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-11-11
a Of The stove.

A bright, we'll bIackeaed stove is
a just source of pride to any cook.
The blackening should not betrequent-
" repeated, however, as if one coat 81
blacking is placed over another it
soon begins to scale off in a fine pow
der. 1t is best to see that the cook
stove is free or nearly free from old
biackiDg before any new coat IS put
on. Parts Of the stove which have
become duh may often be dampened
and polished bright with brush with
out putting on any more blacking. A
stove may be polished with q brush
every morning before the fire is kim
died, but acoRt of blackingshould not
be applied oftener than once a month.
If the blacking is mixed up with lit
tie cold coffee it viii last longer. All
good ranges are now made with pol
ished edges, and these edges should
never be blacked, but secured with
brickdust and soap and wiped dry.
All nickel work about the stove must
be polished with a channels skin and
whitening. THE cook should be kept
furnished with stove cloths, so that
any grease may be quickly wiped of
the stove before it burns in. Anything
split accidentlly over the stove should
be cleaned off at once. but IL this has
not been done obstinate spots may
be removed by q teaspoonlul OF kero-
sene poured on q cloth and rubbed
rapidly over the spot.-Ne York Trib-
tine.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-11-11
pon,t Rub Teesh Throueh.

1t is a tallacy tosuppose that q child's
teeth need slancing'' on general prin-
ciples'-that is. as . routine practice;
and that the truly barbaroue practice
Of rubbing q tooth through" with a
thimble should ever be resorted to IS
q mystery. / saw only D short time
since q poor little child. scarcely over
q year old, whose mother in the good.
ness OF her heart and her own blessed
ignorance, had attempted 20 rub
through" q central incisor front
toothl with an old-fashioned brass
thimble, and the result can easilv be
imagined. WhenI FIRST saw the child
its gums we're all raw and ragged from
the effects oE The rasping ~ the Thin
bic, it's little mouth and lips swollen
and bleeding ana 10 tender and sensi
tive that 1t would no longer nurse. and
had to BE- fed from a spoon; while
the pain and excitement were 30 great
that il WAS necessary to administer
an anodine to procure sleep. Never
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-11-11
Al Mean Revenge,

From the Chicago Herald.
Al drummer had q spite at q hotel
III Palestine, Tex, and resolved on a
terrible revenge. So when he went to
Galveston he "bagged'' a lot OF cock
roAckes, for which the island city is
celebrated. Bringing o lot OF the
largest specimens, commonly called
BY native Galvestonians "degger-
Iooaurs, the drummer took them to
The hotel and turned them loose in
tho halls and corridors. Ia about
two weeks the hotels was swarming
with them, and they got into the
soups, preserves, jams, molasses, IN
the milk-everywhere, and worked
hard an day and sat up all night to
help that drummer get even. They
have filed the hotel and goueto work
on the private houses. and now ales.
tine is aceursed with them.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-11-11

Ella Wheeler Wilcox has written an
article on the subject Of the proper
age at which women should marry,
reaching this conclusion;
II is an ersoneous idea Of romantic
minds that early youth is the season
OF deep and passionate emotion,
Physicians and:the wise men Of Che
Catholic church, however, know that
the emotions Of women in our Ameri,
can climate are most fully developed
between the ages ot twenty-five and
thirty-fve. The church guardsdurine
that time with especial care all those
destined to q life OF celibacy, knowing
full wen that they are more suscepti-
BILE to compilation than at an earlier
and more undeveloped age. 1t would
seem, then, from . purely scientific
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-11-11

rub a baby's tooth through; they
sometimes, but rarely need to be scar
flied, and, ESQ, need the services Of 8
physician.-Babyhood.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-11-11
A LIFE SKETCH.

Bcston Traveller.
II am disappointed in him.u
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-11-11

The training of horses il a very inn
portant part OF farm work. An ex-
perienced Southern farmer describes
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-12-22
FOR YOUNG MEN.
How 4 Large Number Of Them Miss the
Road tn Fortune.

A young man, nicely brushed up and
very genteel, entered an Office. and
with polite air addressed tie gentle
man with: "Sir, you want Il young
man here. l believe?' Yes" was the
reply. Here are my recommends
TONS" said the young man as he
handed a paper certifying that he was
worthy ot confidence, etc. The gentle
man read the paper and looked up.
remarking: 1--WE should be glad to do
YOUR friend the compliment of engaging
YOU" What shall l be expected to
do?" asked the young man. ITO aid
in the office as opportunity may pre-
sent and to pay notes and collect
drafts. etc." was the answer. Il don't
think collecting drafts would agree with
my feelings" replied the young man.
..lyell." quietly responded the gentle
man, II would not advise you to do
any thing against your feelings. Good
morning" Here is how they miss it.
4 certain fastidiousness of feeling is sci
up where there is nothing dishonorable.
What can be less against all true and
worthy feeling than the collection of
drafts? What is there to soil glove or
fingers, seusibility or consciousness?
Many young and talented persons miss
the road to fortune by the want OF
humility and patience. They think
every thing must depend on "a good
start" and unless they can make "a
good engagement they will remain
out of employment for weeks and
months. They miss three things-sup-
port fc- that time, the practice that
keeps talents improving and the fur
nishing of the best evidence that they
are willing to work They forget that
any situation of honest toll is good
when compared with idleness. The
trouble with many young men is fool
ish pride which seems to say that idle
ness is more honorable than work
Work and Wealth.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-12-22

up to his face. He was telling Sally TO ex-
cuse him TO her mistress, as sudden attack
OF neuralgia obliged him to leave rather
abruptly, when Sir Edward Dusart caught
sight OF him and called out: "Flston! Is
iti Why, Elston, old fellow, where on
earth have you sprung 'front.' The poor
lodger moved on toward the door, making
no answer. Sir Edward sprang after him,
and with his arm around his neck, school
boy fashion, went with him into the hall.
When they both returned Sir Edward in
troduced the poor lodger as the best friend
he ever had and one of the best scholars Of
his own university. The little company
was greatly astonished to learn that he
wasn't Mr.. Williams at all. but Mr.. Elston;
but they were still more astonished some
weeks later when they learned that he and
Grace Fairlie were married-they became
engaged that very night, and were married
as soon as he was established as lawyer.
So his story, also, was not told, but told
itself.
The little tailor and his wife are as happy
as they could desire. Mrs. Parnell is bet
ter of now, and with Lady Dusart for her
friend, more ''genteel' and exclusive tsan
ever. When any one refers to that men,
orable Christmas night she says there is an
advantage to De derived from an occasional
mixture Of classes. James Brooks, the old
soldier, is in receipt of a pension which
finds its way to him, he imagines from
France, and is a frequent sitor at the
hall, where Sir Edward and Lady, Dusart
are always glad to welcome him, and to the
rectory, a mile away. where Mr.. Redmond
and Aunt Margaret are host and hostess.
There is pretty co tage in the village, OF
which Johnny's mother is the mistress.
There, old Nannie's last days were spent in
comfort Johnny became sailor lad, but
after some years Of seafaring came houe
and "settled down" in the village with his
mother. Poor Little Anniel Not all the
love and care of her kind friends could
keep her long with them. The tired li.lls
spirit lied early from a weird which il
found too cruel TO linger 1n.--A NeGmII,
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-12-22
Republican Buster.

The Republican organs having dis
covered that their party has no chance
of carrying New York in the President
ial election. are now pretending that
a serious attempt will be made to car
~ Virginia. North Carolina and Ten
nessee. This is mere pretense, for
the organs know that to make a gen
uine Republican campaign in those
States would be as fatal as if the party
had made no campaign. They know
that their organization Cwill be led
again by Mr. Blaine, and that the
bloody shirt will play even more
conspicuous part than it did in the
last campaign. The Republican party
has nothing but the bloody shirt to go
upon. and it will refuse as heretofore
to make campaign in the South.
for the reason that solid South is
necessary to Republican success in
several Northern States that have not
heretofore been considered as doubt
full. Meanwhile. we invite the Repub-
lican orators to come in our midst, so
to speak. and to give US their celebrat-
ed arguments. They viii find not only
respectful audiences. but men to meet
them on the stUmp.-Atiassta CoI'stisu-
ton.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-12-22
KATIE'S ANSWER.

81 told yc last night Mike, I'd marry ye niver
and yell find that woman viii mean Whist
she II say
It's thruth We II get always. Thin no, no foriver
Wtd woulan's decision says it to-day.
And sure II such throuble ye really can't bear It
Then yeve only to tell il 10 Bridget or Sue,
And Molly and Dolly are schin' to share it;
Tney'n always adore ye whstiver We do.
~Of one thing I'm certain, in all OF my bein'
That of jea,ousy, sure now, there isn't a spark
But jist 70 amuse me, I'd ike 10 be SEEM
Where We goes when 50 often ye're out on q
lark
We don't know no gra.nmar-I couldn't abide 1t,
For I'd niver no throuble with grammar, not
Eor Writin'-it's thrue that sc niver have thried
it:
But thin, HicAacl, srre how cen We tell till We
tkry?
Last Sunday at ves7crs-we always on Sunday,
Jist exceptin' last Friday, have vespers at
dark
Pat said with chuckle, he'd warrant it one day
Wid yer pen in yer fingers ye'd yet make yer
mark.
What? Pats a rude feilowr Sure Michael
yere Jealous:
As thinks of il now through my mimcry runs,
50 good 10 his grandmoIher-sot they all tell US
For he's jist her one grandson, exceptin' two
coa5.
'-hnd what II I married yee's! Sure when wid
silence
I Eud meet yer wild doin's ye're blind to my
Ye'rc dauc!n' and fddlin' in ta7crns mile
hence;
Arr:4h, Mike, that's as plain as yer face 20 ny
eyes.
What, Michael: That's false now' Yc river
were wilIin':
Ard Tot when yere married no matter how
long:
CfIate ye've left carly' It's thruth yc're a-teI-
iE':'
Thin it's all can say is the thruth's in the
wrong!
"Cne night at yer mothcr's-ye'd niver dare tel
her
That yc d been so unTuly. ungallant and bold
I'd BROUGHT was pourin'-me oldest umbrella
(FOT hadn't new one eXceptin' the old;
What kind Of a man. sure, wud ye be to marry!
Home We sint me a!o1e-ah. I'll river forget
Te gave me mcself me umbrella TO carry.
:Sayin', Kate, there's no good in Us both to
get vet:
81 haven't ctrt in the world, and there's why,
s5Erc I haven't as much as pig 20 my name
And ye haven't either? That's so much the
nicer,
For thin never the ether The other can blame:'
WHAT'S this? Won't 1 MARY yces:' Niver,
och, nivcr,
And when once we've persuaded woman to
SPEAK
Yts ihruth yell get always Thin no, no fcriver!
II is 40, Nike, tel yCy' They EaQ'risd Hot
SreeE
--Cac-yoas W. 2hrstOn, in Hqyper's WeskEy
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-12-22
GRIM COWBOY HUMOR.
Some of the Practical Jokes Played by
"WiId Jack" Booth.

| Some of the Practical Jokes Played by
"WiId Jack" Booth.
You fellows have all heard of WILD
Jack Booth, one of the best ow-punch.
ers that ever slept outdoors. Jacl;
has peculiar ideas of fun. One day,
down on the Frying Pan ranch, lie
spied the protruding feet of an Indian
corpse that had been buried on = hill
side. jack reasoned with a companion
after this manner:
..Bill. think that Injun stiff hev
been under kiver long enuf. l jest
think I'll give him an airin'.
"Suiting his actions to the remark.
Jack shared one of the protruding legs
with lariat, took turn or two around
the horn of the saddle, and turned the
pony loose on the wide prairie. Ont
came the Indian. feathers, war-paint
and all. When Jack had been sufli-
GENTLY amused. the corpse was two or
three miles from its grave, and it was
never buried.
''One day Jack lassoed big loaver
wolf, and started his pony on dead
run toward camp. One of the boys
saw the procession approaching, and.
thinking something was wrong, started
out with Winchester. The reinforce
ment got wrong impression, and. cast
ing his gun to the ground, started
toward the camp with a wild yell of
terror. He thought the wolf was
chasing Jack, having overlooked the
lariat. Jack caught on to the mistake
at once, and turned his pony toward
the fleeing cowboy. When the pony
came up alongside, Jack yelled:
Run, yer son of gun. De VOLTS
a-gainin'.'
Then the pony darted ahead and
Jack brought the dead wolf Close to the
scudding COW puncher, who by this time
had seen the lariat. and dropped to the
ground in sheer exhaustion, too weak
even to pull his six-shoo.er and get even
with Jack, who was rolling over the
prairie few yards away conyulsed
with laughter.
"One time down in Texas. Jim Cush-
ing and companion threw Il lasso
around a wild cat, took a turn around
wild plum tree, and proceeded to
make the ANNA! 4 close captive. The
two forced the cat into one of Jim's
leather leggings and tied it securely
fore and aft. Camp was twenty miles
away, but the boys, confident of plenty
of fun, Jagged it clear in. After supper
every man in camp, about thirty in all.
took his six-shooter and formed double
line. The cat was released from its
leather prison and started down the
line. 1t struck Il dog trot and showed no
disposition whatever to hurry. Three
minutes later more Disguised band of
COWBOYS could not have been found in
all the Southwest. for the cat had not
been hit. and before he disappeared in
the underbrush turned around and
showed his teeth to the bad marksmen
in L sarcastic snarl. "--Ka'sSGs City Star.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-12-22
NOTES AND COMMENTS.

After New York, what?-Pors-
land argus. The Republican party,
but it can't catch up.-N Y Herald
It is interesting to note the ease
and agility with which Republican
lOgicians prove that the Democrats
will lose New York next year because
they it carried this years.. LOa1iS
Post-Dispatch.
The papers are asking if it is
true, as reported, that Mr.. Blaine is
going to Japan next year. 1t is not;
he is going up to Salt creek. and he
can't we'll make both trips in the same
year.-AHdnta Constitution.
And now the Grand Army Re-
publicans are asserting that Logan's
mantle will fall upon Governor For
aker. Logan mantle will flap around
the heels OF Joseph Benson Foraker
like John L. Sullivan's ulster on Adj
miral Dot.-Kansas CitV Times.
1t is rather sad to see Blaine's
former friends go back on him as the
Zone serious objection to the Blaine
or-bust policy before the nomination is
that it may lead to Blaine-and- bust at
the election. - lcreial,d Plain Dca,er
WHAT is to be said of the present
economic Administration, however, is
that it has been from the beginning q
conservative, clean one, free from
scandals of every sort and mindful OF
its own and the country's dignity
and welfare. Philadelphia telegraph
(Rep.).
THAT political party serveJ the
country best which refuses to part
with single acre until it knows who
wants it and what he wants it for The
Republicans have much to be ash AIMED
of and the Democrats have much to be
proud of-the first because they have
connived at robbery, and the second
because they have put a stop to it
n. y Herald.
in 1884 Murat Halste;.d conf
IDENTITY declared that this country
would 20 to the demnition bow-wOws
il Mr. Cleveland was elected Presi-
dent. In 1897 Mr.. Halstead declares
with equal confidence that the es-
sential part of the Constitution has
been nullified under the Cleveland Ad-
ministration-in other words, that the
country has gone to the d. b.-w's. Mr..
Halstead is an ass, but he is a consist
ent ass.-Chicago Herald
The Albany Evening Journal
speaks of the ''sham land policy" of
Democratic Administration. There
was no ''sham" about Republican land
policy. For twenty-four years Re
publican administrations pursued the |
genuine policy of despoiling the people, |
of hundreds of millions Of acres of
their domain and giving them away tc |
railroad corporations to corrupt the |
government with Credit MobilieI |
bribery and build up monster monopo-
lies that are to-day the greatest curss
of the country. Rochester Union.